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Transportation
John Clish was transported on the Bengal Merchant, departing 27th Sep 1834 and arriving 30th Jan 1835 with 270 passengers.
Bengal Merchant (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 435 (219) |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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Convict Notes
John Clish served as a Royal Artillery Driver from 1803 - 1814, based at the horse barracks in Ringmer, Sussex, throughout the Napoleonic and Peninsular Wars. He returned to Northumberland then Durham on discharge and was convicted for petty offences in 1818 (3mths in prison), 1823 (6mth in prison) then 1826 (7 yrs transportation) for stealing 2 linen shirts left out to dry two years earlier) He served almost 5 yrs of this sentence on the Ganymede prison hulk in Woolwich before being granted a Free Pardon. Back in Durham as a coal miner, he was convicted in 1834 for stealing a boll of wheat meal from a mill, and sentenced to 14yrs transportion. John Clish was my husband's 4th Gt Grandfather
John Clish served as a Driver with the royal horse Artillery from 1803-1814: He was convicted of larceny at Durham in Oct 1826 (not 1836) and sentenced to 7 years transportation but obtained a Free Pardon in 1831 while aboard the Prison Ship Ganymede still awaiting transportation.
John Clish was the son of Thomas Clish and Sarah Godhall. He was transported for "Stealing Meat". 1815: Aged 33, acquitted of rape at Northumberland Summer Sessions. 1818: Northumberland Midsummer session - procuring bad money - 6 months gaol. 1823: Durham July sessions - Larceny - 6 months gaol. 1836: Larceny - sentenced to 7 years transportation, no record of him arriving. 30/6/1834: Larceny, 14 years transportation, arrived per Bengal Merchant. 1837 Muster: Aged 56, assigned to the AA Co., at Newcastle. 1841: TOL Newcastle/Singleton. 26/10/1844: Charged with being drunk and assaulting William Barber, also an assigned servant belong to the AA Co - 14 days solitary confinement on bread and water and loss of his TOL. 24/12/1844:Maitland Mercury 28 Dec 1844 Accident.-Yesterday an accident of a dreadful nature occurred to a ticket of leave holder named John Clish, in the employ of the A. A. Company. As the poor fellow was preparing to ascend the shaft of the pit, which is of great depth, a pick fell from the top, the point of which entered his head, and report says there is but small hope of his recovery.